Victory Conditions:

How the Game Is Won

The winner is determined on the basis of Victory Points which are awarded for the Combat Strengths of Enemy units eliminated and for capturing and holding certain geographic objectives.

Victory Point Schedule

These Victory Points are awarded to the indicated Player(s) for the following items:

1 Victory Point for each Enemy, non-motorized Combat Strength point eliminated.
2 Victory Points for each Enemy armor or motorized Combat Strength point eliminated. Note: before calculating Soviet Victory Points awarded for destroying German Mechanized units, subtract the Strength Points of the replacing Kampfgruppe.
3 Victory Points for the Russian Player for each Combat Strength Point of German Kampfgruppe eliminated.
5 Victory Points for the Germans for each German unit (supplied or not) within four or five hexes of Moscow at the end of the game.
10 Victory Points for the Germans for each German unit (supplied or not) within three or less hexes of Moscow at the end of the game.
50 Victory Points for the Germans for taking Moscow* at any time during the game and holding it at the end of any Soviet Combat Phase.
50 Victory Points additional for either player for holding Moscow*, only Russians must be (in supply), at the end of the game. Germans need not be in supply.
10 Victory Points for each hex more than ten that the Russian Player has a supplied unit past his start line in a westerly direction at the end of the game.

* 'taking and holding Moscow' is defined as having Friendly units in at least one of the Moscow hexes and maintaining all of Moscow free of Enemy units (although not necessarily free of Enemy Zones of Control).

Levels of Victory

As we all know, victory comes in many varieties, and what may legitimately be claimed as a current victory is not decisive enough to help one's cause. These different levels measure what each side needed for a particular type of victory. After each Player has totaled the Victory Points he has achieved, the totals should be expressed as a ratio of German Victory Points to Soviet Victory Points. After computing this ratio, compare it to this table to determine who has won and how well.

Victory Point Table

German Victory Points to Soviet Victory Points

1:1 or less	Soviet Decisive Victory
2:1 or less	Soviet Substantial Victory
3:1 or less	Soviet Marginal Victory
more than 3:1	German Marginal Victory
more than 4:1	German Substantial Victory
6:1 or more	German Decisive Victory

The Front Line

General Rule:

Each Player must keep a line of units or their controlled hexes from the north edge of the map down to the south edge. While it is desirable that a continuous line of units/zones of control is maintained from the North to the South edge this is not essential. Only that there is an appropriate friendly presence in each hex row.

Procedure:

At the end of each Friendly Player-Turn, the map is examined to see if there is any point at which he does not have a hex row not containing at least one friendly unit or its zone of control. If there are any hexes not so covered between portions of this line, he is penalized.

Cases:

(A) For purposes of this line, Zones of Control do extend into Enemy occupied hexes.

(B) If at the end of any particular Friendly Player-Turn, a Player Is unable to fulfill the above conditions, he is penalized: For each hex of the required line not covered by units or their controlled hexes the opposing Player receives one Victory Point.

(I) Units with a bracketed combat factor and any non-Divisional/Corp units can only be of the front line as they are too small to project a zone of control.